Gate.



No. 673,007. Patented Apr. 30,- l90l.

' H. c. MAXWELL & J. c. GRANGER.

GATE.

{Application filed Nov. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

' J/WZZ WQW/J Witnesses J 5113829101? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

HENRY O. MAXWELL AND JULIAN O. GRANGER, OF TANEY, IDAHO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 673,007, dated April'30, 1901. i

. Application filed November 29,1899. Serial No. 738,744. (No model-i Toon whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY C. MAXWELL and JULIAN C. GRANGER, ci tizensof the United States, residing at Taney, in the county of Lutah andState of Idaho, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to sliding gates, and has for .one object toprovide certain new and useful improvements in the manner of mountingand operating the gate, so that the latter may be conveniently andreadily opened and closed without dismounting from a vehicle or fromhorseback.

A further object is to provide a substantial and compact frame structurefor supporting the gate and carrying the operating means and also todispense with the usual operating-levers, which frequently scare horses.

To these ends the present invention consists in thecombinationand'arrangement'of parts, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawing, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form,size, proportion, and minor details of construction may be made withinthe terms of a gate constructed and arranged in ac-" cordance with thepresent invention Referring to the accompanying drawing,

the numeral 1 designates the gate, which is preferably formed oflongitudinal rails, connected by the front and rear end bars 2 and 3,respectively. The ends of the upper and lower rails project at theforward end of the gate to form latch-bars 4, which are adapted toengage with a post 5, so as to lock the gate in closed position. Thispost 5 is formed of opposite spaced longitudinal members, and thelatch-bars 4 are received between the said members when the gate ismoved longitudinally into engagement with the post.

Each end bar of the gate is composed of opposite members, whichembracethe ends of the rails, and are thereby spaced apart. The

of the latter. This track extends at right angles across the roadway andis supported at its forward end by means of the post 5 and at its rearend by means of a suitable post 8, and said track is of. a length topermit of the gate being moved entirely clear of the roadway.Furthermore, the track is received between the members of the end bars 2and 3, whereby the gate is held upon the track and prevented frombecoming disengaged therefrom. Midway of the ends of the track there areprovided spaced posts 9, which receive the gate and also form a guidefor preventing lateral movement of the lower side of the gate. It willbe understood that some portion of the gate is always confined betweenthe spaced posts 9 and is thereby maintained in its proper rela tiveposition for engagement of the latch-bars 4 with the post 5.

Alined with the spaced posts 9 and disposed at substantially rightangles to the track are the opposite posts 10 and 11, and supported uponthe upper ends thereof is a transverse brace 12, which is also fastenedto the intermediate spaced posts 9.

The means for operating the gate comprise an'endless flexible connection13, of rope or wire, connected to the forward end of the gate and guidedthrough suitable pulleys provided upon the frame structure. Located uponthe upper end of the post 5 is a horizontally-disposed pulley 14, andmounted upon the brace 12, adjacent-to and at opposite sides of thetrack, is a pair of horizontallydisposed pulleys 15. Each transversepost 10 and 11 is provided withupper and lower pulleys l6 and 17, whichare alined vertically upon the front side of the post and also disposedto work in a vertical position. The upper pulleys 16 are alinedhorizontally with the pair of pulleys 15, so that the operatingconnection may work freely therebetween. The endless operating-cableconsists of a main loop extending longitudinally of the the gate.Beginning with the lower pulleys 17, upon the transverse posts 10 and11, respectively, the flexible operating connection passes from saidpulleys upwardly over the upper pulleys l6, thenceinwardly and aroundthe respective pulleys 15, and then longitudinally above the track toand around the pulley 14, provided upon the post 5. Thus it will be seenthat the operating connection is divided into the substantially parallelmembers 18, which extend from the outer end of the gate to the pair ofpulleys at the inner end thereof, the oppositely-extending transversemembers 19, extending from the pair of pulleys 15 to the respectivepulleys 16, the vertical members 20, extending downward from the pulleys16 to the pulleys 17, and the lower long horizontal actuating portion21, which extends between the lower pulleys 17 and transversely acrossthe upper edge of the gate, so that should the portion 21 become slackthe upper edge of the gate will support the rope and prevent it frombeing caught in any part of the frame or sagging out of reach of aperson in a vehicle. By pulling in either direction upon the longactuating portion 21 of the flexible operatingconnection the entirelength of the latter will be operated to slide the gate one way or theother.

It will be noted that the parallel portions 18 of the flexible operatingconnection receive the upper end of the end bar 2 and form a guide forthe gate.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the front and rear posts 5 and 8, the horizontaltrack connecting the same, the outer posts 10 and 11 located at oppositesides of and spaced from the track, the intermediate posts 9 secured attheir upper ends to the track at the center thereof, the horizontalbrace 12 arranged at right angles to the track and centrally secured tothe same and extending therefrom to the outer posts, the pulley 14arranged at the top of the front posts 5, the gate suspended from thetrack and provided with rollers arranged on the latter and located inadvance and in rear of the brace 12, the central pulleys 15 arranged atthe center of the brace and spaced apart, the vertically-alined pulleys16 and 17 mounted on the outer posts 10 and 11, and the endless flexibleoperating-cable consisting of a main longitudinal loop arranged on theupper and lower pulleys 16 and 17 and having its upper flight arrangedcontiguous to and disposed longitudinally of the brace 12, the lowerflight of the main loop beinglocated at a point below the tops of theouter posts and adapted to be grasped at any point between the latter,and the transverse loop extending directly from the upper flight of themain loop and arranged on the pulleys 14 and 15 and connected with thebar 3 of the gate, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

H. C. MAXWELL. JULIAN O. GRANGER. Witnesses:

GEO. W. OoUTTs, G. D. MoCLoUD.

